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| author | Wolfgang Müller | 2021-05-28 16:03:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Wolfgang Müller | 2021-05-28 16:03:01 +0200 |
| commit | 2d8f83a3072970a51c45d2f72724696781ef6de8 (patch) | |
| tree | d86368112ae3b3743b8c9b55a2161d9c2aa7dbfa /cgitrc.5.txt | |
| parent | 69a9085b7b833c5c8a445784b479518cb391baae (diff) | |
| download | cgit-2d8f83a3072970a51c45d2f72724696781ef6de8.tar.gz | |
Support Git over HTTP by proxying git-http-backend(1)git-http-backend
cgit lacks an easy way to support the "smart" HTTP protocol out of the
box. A patch [1] has been proposed in the past, but was never merged.
A few years later there was a short discussion at [2] which did not go
anywhere.
The majority of users who want to support the "smart" HTTP protocol
right now seem to conditionally point their web server to
git-http-backend(1) directly. This relies on proper path-matching and
regular expression support in the web server as seen in the EXMAPLES
section of git-http-backend(1).
As proposed in [3], it is possible to have cgit interface with the
necessary functionality in Git directly, but that would require more
work. It does not seem that this is something forthcoming in cgit.
Instead, for now, use a modified version of the patch suggested in [1],
which simply executes git-http-backend(1) when needed. This removes the
need for any additional plumbing in the web server.
Notable changes to the original patch:
* Remove automatic handling of GIT_PROJECT_ROOT in favour of having the
user set the variable correctly themselves. This reduces complexity.
* Use the correct function to generate error pages. The original patch
used html_status(), which does not exist anymore.
* In cmd.c, adjust the struct entries to fit. Sadly we cannot use the
def_cmd() macro directly, as the endpoints "git-upload-pack" and
"git-receive-pack" contain dashes.
[1] https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2014-December/002312.html
[2] https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-February/002907.html
[3] https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-February/002926.html
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diff --git a/cgitrc.5.txt b/cgitrc.5.txt index 33a6a8c..820cfa6 100644 --- a/cgitrc.5.txt +++ b/cgitrc.5.txt @@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ header:: The content of the file specified with this option will be included verbatim at the top of all pages. Default value: none. +http-backend-path:: + Path to the git-http-backend binary. Setting this allows the git clone to + fetch/push via Git over HTTP. You'll also need to set enable-http-clone + for this to work. See git-http-backend(1). Default value: none. + include:: Name of a configfile to include before the rest of the current config- file is parsed. Default value: none. See also: "MACRO EXPANSION". @@ -824,6 +829,9 @@ enable-index-owner=1 # Allow http transport git clone enable-http-clone=1 +# Use git-http-backend to serve Git over HTTP +http-backend-path=/usr/lib/git-core/git-http-backend + # Show extra links for each repository on the index page enable-index-links=1 |